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Tag: opioid crisis

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Posted inSubstance Use

Twelve NC counties expand harm reduction services

by Rachel Crumpler February 9, 2023February 8, 2023

By Rachel Crumpler Just last month, Montgomery County Commissioner John Shaw said, the county experienced four opioid overdose deaths over the span of seven days. While state data show that there are almost 11 opioid deaths per day in North Carolina, four deaths in a week in the central Piedmont county of only 26,000 people […]

Posted inRural Health

In rural America, deadly costs of opioids outweigh the dollars tagged to address them

by KFF Health News December 13, 2022December 13, 2022
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Posted inMedicaid

A look ahead for health in N.C. for 2022

by Rose Hoban, Anne Blythe, Clarissa Donnelly-DeRoven, Thomas Goldsmith, Taylor Knopf and Elizabeth Thompson January 3, 2022December 31, 2021
Posted inSubstance Use

Targeting the opioid crisis, NC lawmakers give $10M to new church ministry

by Taylor Knopf December 6, 2021March 14, 2022
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Posted inSubstance Use

Communities struggle with meth outside spotlight of opioid crisis

by Carolina Public Press July 17, 2021July 16, 2021
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2021: COVID still looms large

by Editor January 4, 2021January 26, 2021

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